Ont. minimum wage to rise to $8/hr on Feb. 1
fatbasturd @ Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:38 am
Just think after working all week long they can now buy a happy meal where they work. 
Ont. minimum wage to rise to $8/hr on Feb. 1
Canadian Press
TORONTO — The fourth increase to Ontario's minimum wage since 2004 will take effect February 1st when the rate rises 25 cents, to $8 an hour.
The hourly rate was $6.85 when the Liberals took office in 2003 and was raised by 30 cents February 1st, 2004, then again by the same amount in 2005 and 2006.
The government had said the increase was phased in over a four-year period to allow Ontario business time to adjust and remain competitive.
Other minimum wage rates for students under the age of 18, liquor servers and hunting and fishing guides will also increase on February 1.
In November, a private member's bill to raise Ontario's minimum wage by $2.25, to $10 an hour, made it as far as a second reading in the Legislature.
Premier Dalton McGuinty said while he supported the idea of raising the minimum wage, he called the large increase impractical.
maple_leaf1 @ Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:25 am
It should be at least 9$/hour....This is ridiculous.
Arctic_Menace @ Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:28 am
$1:
Premier Dalton McGuinty said while he supported the idea of raising the minimum wage, he called the large increase impractical.
How is it impractical? Everyone I know would work harder for more money...
Clogeroo @ Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:55 am
$1:
How is it impractical? Everyone I know would work harder for more money...
They actually leave your basement?
Arctic_Menace @ Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:07 am
$1:
They actually leave your basement?
I know about 200 people....You don't think at least a few of them work?
Clogeroo @ Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:10 am
$1:
I know about 200 people....You don't think at least a few of them work?
Well are you sure they are real people? Or do you just see them in your basement?
Arctic_Menace @ Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:12 am
$1:
Well are you sure they are real people? Or do you just seem them in your basement?
I don't even have a basement.....
Or at least a finished one...
And yeah, they are real people. I'll see if I can scan my yearbook, show you how many signatures I got.
Now stop heckling me you limey-wannabe...
Clogeroo @ Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:14 am
$1:
Now stop heckling me you limey-wannabe...
It is a joke you silly mongrel.
Tricks @ Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:30 am
What in hell is the point of raising the minimum wage? Unless other factors are increasing prices, there is no reason to. All it does is raise prices.
camerontech @ Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:45 am
Tricks Tricks:
What in hell is the point of raising the minimum wage? Unless other factors are increasing prices, there is no reason to. All it does is raise prices.
inflation
Banff @ Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:45 am
Exactly ! all it does is raise prices therefore it is the prices. there is no question that one of the reasons to have any government is to control prices and wages so I guess as backwards as they are that is what they are doing , "except" ,Human waste always flow downhill so there is no benefit to raising minimum wage when the day after the rise in minimum wage the prices will go up .
Proculation @ Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:59 am
It is also diminishing the offer of jobs precisely to those working at that wage. When the government raises the minimum wage, it is only a political move because most people don't understand the bad side of doing that. Good for those who will keep their jobs, they will be able to buy another sandwich. But how much will lose their jobs or won't be able to find one now ?
I guess there's an election coming in Ontario ? They are doing the same thing here in Quebec and there will be elections on spring or fall.
Proculation @ Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:27 am
Avro Avro:
Okay, then nobody gets a raise......ever.
When you do, prices go up.
Minimum wage had been the same for a decade but has inflation been neutral? Nope, it's been a combined 20% and those at the bottom, the ones that serve you, have gotten no base increase.
Remember your logic the next time you recieve an inflationary increase at your own place of employment and tell your boss you don't need or want it.
Secondly, any buisness that can't afford a 15 cent raise shouldn't be in buisness, it's a failure.
Idiots.
When you do, prices go up.
Minimum wage had been the same for a decade but has inflation been neutral? Nope, it's been a combined 20% and those at the bottom, the ones that serve you, have gotten no base increase.
Remember your logic the next time you recieve an inflationary increase at your own place of employment and tell your boss you don't need or want it.
Secondly, any buisness that can't afford a 15 cent raise shouldn't be in buisness, it's a failure.
Idiots.
The minimum wage raised 1.15$ since 3 years. For a little entreprise with 20 employees that means almost 50 000$ more per year.
Where will you find it ? If you can't raise your prices, you will need to fire some employees. That's not that HARD to understand....
Proculation @ Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:37 am
The point you need to understand is that some jobs just don't worth 8$/h.
Anybody can work in a McDonalds or in a grocery store.
You are not supposed to work at the minimum wage all your life. That's why less than 0.5% of the workers earn the minimum wage and that 85% of them are students or young people in transition for another job or before they go back to school.